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As I said this wasn't about everyones' favorite, but more about the most improbable characters, deemed too "girlie" by many people

...Where was this posted?

It kinda passed overlooked...
There was a thread reporting artwork from some auctions.
Those pieces showed many Filmation prelimiary concepts for Hordak and other Horde members, where they looked nothing like the toys.
So it's a safe bet the Evil Horde idea was concievd for the POP cartoon and then the characters have been developed by Filmation at first and then with Mattel.

With all the antiPOP/ProPOP discussion rampaging on the forum and on facebook, I decided to have a great laugh at the opionions POP cahracters are "lame" and "girlie" (too bad we just found out the Evil Horde was created for the POP cartoon...)

It WAS?!!!! You mean they aren't MOTU concepts specifically? That's a bombshell to all those vintage purists...

It WAS?!!!! You mean they aren't MOTU concepts specifically? That's a bombshell to all those vintage purists...

Yeha, I'm alwasys surprised when news like that come out and no one seems to notice.

Anyway, it isn't like we have written proof.
But all the elements we have lead to that conclusion.
Many Evil Horde filmation designs are too distant from the toys.
And all of them are part of a package of POP development art we've acquired.
Even if Mattel was somehow involed, we can now say that is 99% sure the Evil Horde was developed for the She-Ra cartoon. And not added later to sell MOTU toys.

It kinda passed overlooked...
There was a thread reporting artwork from some auctions.
Those pieces showed many Filmation prelimiary concepts for Hordak and other Horde members, where they looked nothing like the toys.
So it's a safe bet the Evil Horde idea was concievd for the POP cartoon and then the characters have been developed by Filmation at first and then with Mattel.

Spinnerella. She's very girly and I like her better than Perfuma. MotUC is supposed to adapt PoP-characters and make them fit into MotU - that means major changes in my expectation, at least for characters like Perfuma. They need to become fighters, otherwise they aren't MotU - not too difficult to achieve that for Frosta or Mermista, but much more for Spinnerella or particularly Perfuma. I just don't care for Perfuma, so Spinnerella got my vote anyway.

Spinnerella. She's very girly and I like her better than Perfuma. MotUC is supposed to adapt PoP-characters and make them fit into MotU - that means major changes in my expectation, at least for characters like Perfuma. They need to become fighters, otherwise they aren't MotU - not too difficult to achieve that for Frosta or Mermista, but much more for Spinnerella or particularly Perfuma. I just don't care for Perfuma, so Spinnerella got my vote anyway.

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Well, Perfuma is already done now, sorry
But I totally disagree, I don't think every single character has to be fighter to be part ofMOTU.
That's just not how stories work.
I don't see why other characters can't fit in MOTU.. LOL I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of a story where everyone is a fighter.

Well, Perfuma is already done now, sorry
But I totally disagree, I don't think every single character has to be fighter to be part ofMOTU.
That's just not how stories work.
I don't see why other characters can't fit in MOTU.. LOL I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of a story where everyone is a fighter.

I second that. I was rather stunned when MYP suddenly turned Queen Marlena into a fighter. The outfit was great, but Fighting Marlena just didn't seem right. And I felt kinda the same about Mara in the NA toon.

I think after Perfuma, the hardest characters here to adapt would be Flutterina and Peekablue. Though I really do want to see a MOTUC Frosta! With her cape, she might be hard too though. If only we could have seen these girls in 200X.

Well, Perfuma is already done now, sorry
But I totally disagree, I don't think every single character has to be fighter to be part ofMOTU.
That's just not how stories work.
I don't see why other characters can't fit in MOTU.. LOL I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of a story where everyone is a fighter.

Respectfully, I kind of disagree ... nearly everyone in MotU is essentially a fighter ... there aren't a lot of characters, particularly who've made it to figure form, who aren't fighters in one way or another (I'm including the magicians as fighters - just because they don't fight with weaopns doesn't mean they're not in the thick of the battle).

The world they live in is particularly full of violence/conflict, and anyone who can't defend him/herself isn't going to last very long.

In my opinion, that certainly hasn't hampered the storytelling we've seen so far.

That being said, I agree with gbagok that Flutterina and Peekablue would be harder to adapt to a cool MotUC look. I think Spinnerella's right up there too.

Let's put this way: from my little experience as a writer, you just can't write a story where everyone has the same role.
Plus in MOTU stories hardly everybody is a fighter. Pick ANY cartoon episode and start deleting any non-fighter character and see what remains of the story itself.
Hmmm, the most obvious one: Not So Blind.
Without Loss, what is the story about?

Honestly, I'd love to do them all!
I'm in a sort of big POP hype for variuos reasons right now, so I'd really ahve fun in doing more.
But probably, before doing another original POP figure, I'd like to put on paper a very special three-pack concept

I want to see Mermista! Cause what ever you come up with is probably be what The Four Horsemen will come up with.

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